This edition: Crowdsourcing Atrocities in Syria

Episode Details

Original tape date: September 21, 2011.

First aired: September 21, 2011.

Non-profit tech company Ushahidi uses crowdsourcing and satellite maps to document government atrocities in Syria. Their director of crisis mapping, Patrick Meier, explains. Then Jillian York of the Electronic Frontier Foundation looks at how hackers in Syria are working for and against the regime. The Uni Project is a mobile reading room that will cruise the streets of NYC this fall. Co-Directors Leslie and Sam Davol explain the project. And Code for America, a group that matches coders with cities that need their help.

About this series

Brian Lehrer, the popular Peabody Award-winning host of WNYC Radio's Brian Lehrer Show, hosts an hour-long weekly television show on a wide variety of topics, including the digital age and how it’s transforming our world; new social and political trends; entrepreneurs of change; New York City politics; grassroots environmental efforts; one-of-a-kind, timely stories in the news; and innovative inventions and apps.

"I listen to Brian Lehrer... Wow, I love that guy. I love the show." - Jon Stewart (in a speech at a New Yorker Magazine forum)

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